This article shall be known as the "Bristol
Township Traffic Controls for Streets and Highways Construction and
Maintenance Operations Ordinance."
The Township of Bristol hereby adopts in its
entirety the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, 1988 Edition,
except as hereby supplemented and amended by this article or subsequent
ordinances, as it controls and regulates the obstruction of the normal
flow of traffic by construction or maintenance operations.
This article shall apply to any person, corporation,
firm, partnership, unincorporated association, contractor, public
utility or any other legally recognized entity that is required pursuant
to any utility agreement, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
regulation or Bristol Township ordinance to contact Bristol Township
prior to performing work on, under or above roadways located in Bristol
Township. Said person, corporation, firm, partnership, unincorporated
association, contractor, public utility or other legal entity shall
hereinafter be referred to as "operator."
Any operator shall be required to participate
in a preconstruction meeting with the Bristol Township Police Department's
Traffic Safety Bureau.
A. During the preconstruction meeting, the operator is
required to submit a plan designating for the safe movement of traffic
during the period of construction. The Bristol Township Police Department's
Traffic Safety Bureau shall have the authority to require the operator
to modify its plans in order to provide for the safest flow of traffic
and compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
1988 Edition. No construction or maintenance activity may be conducted
until the Traffic Safety Bureau has approved the preconstruction plans.
No road crossings or detours shall be permitted unless shown on the
preconstruction plan and approved by the Bristol Township Traffic
Safety Bureau.
B. Prior to or during the preconstruction meeting, the
operator shall provide to the Traffic Safety Bureau at least two emergency
phone numbers to be utilized in the event of an emergency occurring
at the construction or maintenance site. No construction or maintenance
activity shall be conducted until the emergency telephone numbers
have been supplied to the Traffic Safety Bureau.
In the event that an emergency situation occurs
at the construction or maintenance site and, in the opinion of the
Bristol Township Police Department's Traffic Safety Bureau, a hazardous
condition exists at the construction or maintenance site, and if for
any reason emergency contacts cannot be made or the emergency contact
person does not respond to the notification by the Bristol Township
Police Department to correct the hazardous condition, then Bristol
Township may respond to correct such hazardous condition. A reasonable
fee to reimburse Bristol Township for the cost of addressing the hazardous
condition shall be charged to the person, contractor or utility.
Traffic directors or flag personnel shall be
posted at all construction or maintenance sites when determined by
the Bristol Township Police Department that such traffic directors
or flag personnel are necessary to provide for the safe and expeditious
movement of traffic.
The Bristol Township Police Department shall
have the authority to order all work stopped, including but not limited
to the removal of equipment and vehicles, the removal of stored material
within the right-of-way, ordering the backfilling of open excavations
and/or other related work in order to abate any nuisance, rectify
a hazardous condition or stop any violation of this article.
[Amended 10-20-1992 by Ord. No. 92-17]
Any operator who commits a violation of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to
exceed $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default thereof,
shall be imprisoned for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day a violation
continues shall constitute a separate violation.